Darkschunt 
Sunday, April 03, 2005
The First Day!
Oooooooh!
We've just returned from Margaret River!
And it was soooo much fun! From the very start when SweetRhapsody and myself braved the pouring cold gray rain at eight am in the morning to rent a car in the city while the Duchess dozed comfortably under her warm duvet to an hour later when we returned and screamed outside her window in the drizzle to come out to two hours later when we finally started off on our very own road trip in our very own rented car (ONE BARTENDER 120 DOLLARS!!!)! And we took loads of pictures and a few videos and saw lots of scrub bushes and trees and Australian-ish landscapes and ended up in a town which refused to let us leave til SweetRhapsody and I used our wits to outsmart it and the Duchess slept a lot while I took pictures of her and we sang our voices off and then we arrived in Margaret River!
And boy is that a tiny town and we stayed at the Backpacker's Inn, which was pretty cool because it was full of backpackers from all kinds of places. We had a four-bed dorm which we shared with some older British woman who spoke loads to the Duchess about India. Our dorm has a floor which looks like the inside of a tree which has been chopped down and had two bunk beds - Duchess and I snagged the top beds while SweetRhapsody took a bottom bunk. Of course, immediately, those two wanted to go shopping. By that time it was almost six so we took refuge from the bitter cold gray weather in a nice restaurant where we had a monstrously expensive dinner and were served by a cute Scottish waiter who has the best personality ever! And he was nice enough to take loads of pictures of us while we all smiled sweetly at him. Heehee. The monstrously expensive dinner consisted of: - hot chocolate, lamb, a giant bowl of french fries and snapper fish, and SweetRhapsody and the Duchess had cranberry crush cocktails while I had some wine - I can't remember what I had though. But it was good with the fish and lamb! And everything tastes good with a touch of Scotsman on the side. *winkwink*
So after that monstrously expensive dinner we trudged our way back to the Backpackers Inn but we got bored there and decided to try driving down to Augusta, this town a little way down, at the very end of the coast where there is this lighthouse. What we didn't realize though was how freakingly dark real proper rural country roads are! All the bushes created sooo many illusions like rockfaces or corners. We *almost* made it, but like about ten minutes before we reached the coastline the road reflectors gave out and we got a little uncertain and the darkness was just closing in so we just turned back! And the towns we passed were like dead ghost towns and the bushes were closing in again and we thought we saw something on the roadside which shall remain a secret between the three of us forever!
But we made it back safe and sound and took hot showers in the middle of the freezing night just because old habits die hard and hung out in the nice warm common room where I watched Collateral on TV and the Duchess flipped through GQ magazines, the perv, and SweetRhapsody went to bed alone, the poor thing, especially since she is afraid of the dark and was all by her wittle self! Poor thing...but the Duchess and I soon came along after that because we were so tired anyway (though I don't see how the Duchess can be, sometimes I think she's got sleeping sickness, lol) and we went to bed then!
And that was the first day!
Oooooooh!
We've just returned from Margaret River!
And it was soooo much fun! From the very start when SweetRhapsody and myself braved the pouring cold gray rain at eight am in the morning to rent a car in the city while the Duchess dozed comfortably under her warm duvet to an hour later when we returned and screamed outside her window in the drizzle to come out to two hours later when we finally started off on our very own road trip in our very own rented car (ONE BARTENDER 120 DOLLARS!!!)! And we took loads of pictures and a few videos and saw lots of scrub bushes and trees and Australian-ish landscapes and ended up in a town which refused to let us leave til SweetRhapsody and I used our wits to outsmart it and the Duchess slept a lot while I took pictures of her and we sang our voices off and then we arrived in Margaret River!
And boy is that a tiny town and we stayed at the Backpacker's Inn, which was pretty cool because it was full of backpackers from all kinds of places. We had a four-bed dorm which we shared with some older British woman who spoke loads to the Duchess about India. Our dorm has a floor which looks like the inside of a tree which has been chopped down and had two bunk beds - Duchess and I snagged the top beds while SweetRhapsody took a bottom bunk. Of course, immediately, those two wanted to go shopping. By that time it was almost six so we took refuge from the bitter cold gray weather in a nice restaurant where we had a monstrously expensive dinner and were served by a cute Scottish waiter who has the best personality ever! And he was nice enough to take loads of pictures of us while we all smiled sweetly at him. Heehee. The monstrously expensive dinner consisted of: - hot chocolate, lamb, a giant bowl of french fries and snapper fish, and SweetRhapsody and the Duchess had cranberry crush cocktails while I had some wine - I can't remember what I had though. But it was good with the fish and lamb! And everything tastes good with a touch of Scotsman on the side. *winkwink*
So after that monstrously expensive dinner we trudged our way back to the Backpackers Inn but we got bored there and decided to try driving down to Augusta, this town a little way down, at the very end of the coast where there is this lighthouse. What we didn't realize though was how freakingly dark real proper rural country roads are! All the bushes created sooo many illusions like rockfaces or corners. We *almost* made it, but like about ten minutes before we reached the coastline the road reflectors gave out and we got a little uncertain and the darkness was just closing in so we just turned back! And the towns we passed were like dead ghost towns and the bushes were closing in again and we thought we saw something on the roadside which shall remain a secret between the three of us forever!
But we made it back safe and sound and took hot showers in the middle of the freezing night just because old habits die hard and hung out in the nice warm common room where I watched Collateral on TV and the Duchess flipped through GQ magazines, the perv, and SweetRhapsody went to bed alone, the poor thing, especially since she is afraid of the dark and was all by her wittle self! Poor thing...but the Duchess and I soon came along after that because we were so tired anyway (though I don't see how the Duchess can be, sometimes I think she's got sleeping sickness, lol) and we went to bed then!
And that was the first day!
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